She Works Hard For The...Class Credit

I am now in my fourth week of my internship out of eight. I am half way done. I can hardly believe that I have been working for four weeks. Here is a rundown of my internship.

I work at Dynamite Models, a casting agency for models and background talent (fancy word for extras). There are two other interns, Kaori from Japan and Rachel from Philadelphia. We are not all there on the same day but we do work on projects together.

My first week I worked as the receptionist so I could get to know who everyone is and how the company works. There is Robert the director, Zuleyka the Head Booker, and Magda the Office Manager. It is a small company, a boutique agency meaning we manage 50-60 models compared to the big agencies who look after 200+ models.

Dynamite Models has a sister company called Le Studieau a graphic design consulting firm. They are located in the same office.

The office is located in Islington off the Northern Line at Angel in a building called the Business Design Center. It used to be an agricultural hall. It is beautiful inside. All the offices are around the perimeter of the building and the middle has a wide open space used for conventions, shows, etc. So far there has been a Christmas craft fair, a small clothing designer fair complete with runway show, and a college fair. There are skylights so the building gets a ton of natural light (that is when there is light, the sun sets around 1630 these days).

I work from 900 to 1700 and get an hour lunch. There are lots of places in the area to eat at including two burrito bars (similar to that of Chipotle), a couple prepared food places, and grocery stores. The BDC also has a cafe inside where I get a discount.

When I am not answering phones, I am working on projects. So far I have helped put together a book about London Fashion Week that happened in September, pick models to go to a casting, and created a Intern Welcome Packet. Currently we are planning a model workshop to get ready for the new year.

I am excited to see what the next four weeks bring.

Until we meet again,

-Maggie the traveler